Welcome
Welcome to the 2009 Nebraska Career Education Conference web site!Join hundreds of career educators from across Nebraska and plan to attend the 2009 Nebraska Career Education Conference to be held Tuesday, June 9 through Thursday, June 11 at the Holiday Inn, Kearney, Nebraska. Click here for the Schedule at a Glance
Tuesday is a Preconference Day packed with special interest sessions and Wednesday & Thursday contain keynoted general sessions and rotations customized to fit the following Professional Development Strands:
- Best Practices
- Collaboration and Partnerships
- Planning and Management
- Teaching Strategies
- Technology and Tools
Participants have three registration options this year-Tuesday only (Preconference Day)registration is $80.00; Wednesday and Thursday is $160.00 or; all three days for a registration fee of $190.00 (a $50 discount). A late fee of $25 will be charged to registrations received after May 15.
The full three-day and Wednesday/Thursday registration fee includes materials for one career field and lunch on both days. Preconference registration includes includes materials for selected workshop and boxed lunch.
Chadron State and Wayne State Colleges will be offering the NCE Conference for three (3) hours of graduate credit. For more information on receiving credit please contact Dr. Patricia Arneson at Wayne State, paarnes1@wsc.edu or Ronald Burke at Chadron State, rburke@csc.edu.
Attendance at last year's conference exceeded 500 attendees; therefore, it is important to register early and make advance room reservations. Many of the Preconference sessions have limited space due to limitations of equipment required for the training. Several hotels have special conference rates and are listed under the Housing/Lodging link of this site.
On-line registration for the NCE Conference will open April 22, 2009 so check back for updates.
Written cancellations are required and include a $50.00 handling fee. No refunds will be provided for no-shows. Some of the workshops and meal functions require additional fees.
Pre-service NCE teachers may be provided complimentary registrations. Only NCE administration can approve other comp registration requests.
Definition of pre-service NCE Teachers: Those individuals who have been accepted into the student teacher education program of any institution offering an endorsement in NCE and who have not yet graduated from that institution. This includes individuals accepted into transitional or alternative preparation programs providing they are not currently teaching.